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sorry Ruth see comments below, I obviously have no idea

Insufficient or inconclusive evidence	1 Sep 2017	MichaelMulvaney
Trifolium repens	11 Aug 2017	MichaelMulvaney
Leptorhynchos squamatus	6 Aug 2017	MichaelMulvaney
Unidentified	3 Aug 2017	ruthkerruish

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Many seed heads which are very small.

9 comments

BettyDonWood wrote:

9 Aug 2017

Any chance of getting a good closeup of the flowers? When I blow one up, it appears to be a head of small bell-shaped flowers. Which leaves belong to the flowers - the linear grass-like leaves or the short broad leaves in a sort of rosette in photo 1?

ruthkerruish wrote:

9 Aug 2017

Hope the 2 new photos are some help. The attached leaves seem to be grasses. The flower stalk is only about 10 cm or less and very fragile.

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

9 Aug 2017

Thanks Ruth - definitely a clover will need to check books at home to determine which one it is

JackieMiles wrote:

18 Aug 2017

I think the original suggestion of Leptorhynchos squamatus is the better one. It definitely isn't Trifolium repens, and the stiff stalks suggest to me that it isn't a clover at all.

ruthkerruish wrote:

18 Aug 2017

The plants are so small, flower stalks are 10cm or less. Will keep a watch on the area.

Varanus wrote:

18 Aug 2017

Agree that it is more likely to be Leptorhynchus squamatus.

ruthkerruish wrote:

1 Sep 2017

I will keep a lookout for the area - it is near a pathway. The strange thing is there does not seem to be any leaves, they may have died and we are just left with the seed stalk.

JackieMiles wrote:

1 Sep 2017

Yep, Leptorhynchos foliage does die off over the winter. Shouldn't be too long now till things start growing and flowering again.

ruthkerruish wrote:

1 Sep 2017

Thank you

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16 - 100 Abundance
3 Aug 2017 12:00 AM Recorded on
ruthkerruish Recorded by

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Less than 10cm Plant height

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